Broadcasting from Jerusalem Democrats claim they have their smoking gun. Republicans tried to storm a secret, democratic hearing and Congress. People prove they know, think about the new fangled interwebs, I'm Ben Shapiro? This is the Ben Shapiro and the Ben Shapiro shows sponsored by expressing VPN protects your online privacy today and expressive v: p, n dot com, slash Mental first of all. Before we even begin, I just want to thank a shut Torah for putting us up in this location is definitely the best location we're ever going to have for the Ben Shapiro shop. If you don't subscribe to venture Perisher won the and you should, as he can see the view behind me- because this really is an astonishing astonishing view- has an amazing view of the close. All the western wall is right behind me. Behind the western wall, you'll see this giant golden down. That, of course, is the is the dome of the rock that's the the as one shrine is not really a a mosque that they put right on top of the list, Jewish Holy a site, which is what it is the Temple Mount is behind.

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those three things- and you are in your trying to figure out exactly what is the significance of that like what was the significance this place Jerusalem. As I've said in my book, the right side of history lies at the heart of western civilization that lies at the heart of western civilization, because Jerusalem is the holiest site in Judaism, which is the first monotheist Stick: religions who really have tremendous impact on the world posits some certain central values that lie at the root of western values, including human rights. The idea that human These are made in God's image the idea that the universe is a predictable place that human intellect is capable of understanding. All of that is deeply important the reason that this particular site is very important is because, underneath, according to jewish thought, underneath the the dome of the rock over there, where, where the

the holy of holies used to stand in the in the Beit Hamikdash in the in the Temple is the rock, where a bunch of things happen at sea. It's the rock where Abraham, according to the according to Bible, was about to sacrifice Isaac. It's also the rock where, where Jacob, when he was promised land- and I had his dream with the ladder going up, to Heaven, it's a deeply important place in jewish spirituality and again, jewish spirituality lies at the root of christian spirituality. It lies at the root of muslim spirituality. They're, all based on the same book in the original and Jerusalem is holy to all of those religions. For this specific purpose now to talk for a second about sort of the history, ography of Jerusalem beyond the obvious value of understanding the heritage of your of your thought, and then there really is important whether you are second or whether you're religious joking before. Obviously, there are a lot of secular people, around the last and that's fine, that you can be perfectly moral person to be secular, but it is obvious that you do have to understand

roots of where your own values come from and those values do spring from both Athens, the the idea of Greek thought and rationality and from Jerusalem. These idea of faith based, you have to take it on assumption truths about the universe, that but then reasoned out through human reasoning, this tug and pull, but Revelation reason between faith based assumptions. We must make about the universe in order to, create a civilization and human reason. That's what built the west to talk about the geography for just a second I can't really see off to my left. That would be your w. If you could see off to my left, what you would see is it down. The hill is the actual site of the of the Kingdom of David, so old Jerusalem which surrounds us here on my right, actually a much later invention. Historically speaking, ear. D'ovide is the stuff. That's three thousand five hundred years old four thousand years old depending going all the way back. That is now being uncovered. It's now being on earth by archaeologists. Old Jerusalem was built much later,

can see that the the coat of the western wall, which is by many thought to be the holiest site in Judaism. That's not true the Temple Mount of the holy site in Judaism, The western wall was actually a retaining wall for the for the actual platform upon which the Temple stood. So it's it's kind of weird we're actually praying at the retaining wall, not for the actual temple itself. There was another while the surrounded the temple it's. It's certainly praying at the fence of a parking lot contains the building that you actually care about right, that's sort of what the hotel is, the reason that people consider it too. Holly is because, obviously it is also the closest place, the Jews and had access to for thousands of years to to pray toward the the point of sort of the the what they call the axis windy in in Greek, the the sort of our latin the the center of the the center of the spiritual universe,

but the the western wall itself there's there's nothing to differentiate this particular section of the western wall from the stuff that is just off to my left, which is more western wall in that, if you continue all the way down for thousands and thousands of feet, it continues to be Esther. Well, it's just and tons of western wall going. All the way through the difference is the model is actually built, build all the way up to the western wall. This is all covered by occupied If I don't mean that in in the sense of like military occupation, I mean like people who actually occupy apartments living up against the western wall and hence stores up against the the western wall and then, of course, the retaining oil continues all the way around, and all of that is just as anxious the western wall here. So there's no particular reason that the West Wall is anymore. Holy theoretically, then stern wall or the northern wall, or than this other well, except for sort of location and the ability of Jews to pray there. Now the reason that this is important I'll get to just a second, the reason that Jerusalem should remain unified and has to remain in israeli hands. So explain in just a second, because, historically speaking, bottom line, is you see around me a thriving city? This was not

driving city in one thousand nine hundred and sixty six one thousand nine hundred and sixty six? This was a closed, the Jordanians were in charge of it. An Jews could not pray at the western wall. All of this was closed to both Jews, an largely to questions as well, and that changed in nineteen sixty seven during the six day war, when Israel was able to take over the old city of Jerusalem, as you can see, when people talk about fighting Jerusalem they're insane, I mean they're, just crazy. If you look, My right there is no place to draw a line here. None right! You can't survive the old city. It is entirely cohesive. The buildings are stacked on top of each other. This is not suburbia. Yeah, there's no big street in eight mile in Detroit right, there's, not even a dividing line, it's just a giant. It is just a giant well populated area that stretches for miles in in a particular radius. So the idea of drawing a line and saying on this side of the line. This will belong to the terrorist Palestinian Authority on this side of the line will have israeli government, which is a free and open democratic government which allows people of every religion

in to vote and to sit in it and to visit all the holy sites. This wall, the Kotel, was completely closed to Jews. For years, There were going all the way back to before the establishment of the state of Israel when this was british Palestine. Whenever you see people by the way talk about well, you know this is Palestine, yours, british palace, before there was never an independent muslim state of Palestine in this area. It has never existed given the way things are going right now, I never will exist because there's just no negotiation to be had with terrorists. The bottom line is the Jews largely barred from all the holy sites in nineteen, Sixty seven Israel begs the Jordanians to stay out of the six day war. The Jordanians refuse. They attack Israel, Israel fights back and they push Jordanians, entirely out of the area leading to the very famous statement, A member of the israeli military hard by I Dana that the Temple Mount is in our hands and this has been territory ever since, as it always should have been, and as it will remain because the fact

but there is no dividing line that can be drawn in Jerusalem whenever anybody says E Jerusalem is the palestinian capital. What they're really talking about is towns that are located just outside of jerusalem- they're, not talking about like taking this house right here and saying this is now palestinian Authority territory, nobody right left or center in Israel and the largely doesn't exist because of the specific issue. Nobody is actually going to buy into the idea of taking razor wire and then dropping it right across the center of the old city of Jerusalem. It's on it's unworkable. There was razor wire around the old city of Jerusalem when the Jordanians ran it until one thousand nine hundred and sixty seven, it was a complete disaster area. People were not granted access again for if you're, a Christian you visit holy sites, you need Israel to be in charge of this area. If you're a Jew, you certainly need Israel to be in charge of this area, because Jews I need to pray at their holy sites for hundreds of years. In many cases relegated to specific days, they could visit the western wall, the riots, if Jews would visit these places even now, they're still vestiges of this, and how Israel controls the the Temple Mount in the sense

that Israel still makes itself subject to the whims of the islamic waqf. So, as I learned earlier this week when I visited the Temple now, if you go up there and you mumble some prayers, there is a chance that you're going to get booted from the Temple Mount for the great sin of praying in Hebrew. If I went up- Writing Arabic, then I could walk directly up to the dome of the rock. I could just hang out all day I mean people literally, do that, in fact you can establish a school there's a school on the northern side of the Temple now, where children who are or Muslim actually learn every day if you're a Jew and you want to walk up there. You have to be guarded by the mission there about the police, and if you, if you create the, if you commit the terrible terrible sin of praying up there, then perhaps you will be booted. It's been sort of how the police feel that day if it starts to get really really bad, yeah, that is more a vestige of sort of jewish muslim relations, pre one thousand nine hundred and sixty seven. Then it is what exists in Israel currently so, in other words, restrictions on Jews, praying in Jerusalem. There aren't Muslims, praying in Jerusalem in israeli Jerusalem, so that gives you a little bit of the context in which we sit if you're just looking at the.

And that's Mount scope is all the way. In the background. This is the Temple Mount behind me. I can see the dome of the rock you can see. The western wall slightly below me This is the most contested area on earth. It is also the area that it is vital remain under israeli control if you actually wish to see freedom of worship. If you wish to see liberalism- and I I just mean freedom and openness- the the idea of handing it over to the terrorist Palestinian Authority to Hamas or two Islamic Jihad, or to any of the myriad parties who are currently vying. For palestinian power is full scale. Insanity your people on the american or European? Let's say why doesn't Israel just divide Jerusalem about the idea of taking a terrorist and giving them at your house and not moving out. I mean that's. That is what you are talking about right here. It's is just unworkable unworkable in every possible scenario. Even the left in Israel has now acknowledged that the city of Jerusalem is going to be divided, as I said before, when they talk about dividing Jerusalem,

they're really talking about like the very very outskirts that are largely arab areas. Over to my over my left, you see some arab towns, everything this was very, very close together, 'cause. Israel is not a very large country, but I think it's important to actually see it and be here and if you can't see it at least take a look at picture and imagine the idea of a giant wall, a Berlin Wall going up. You know, half a half a, maybe a quarter mile to my right here, great idea. Great. If I buy great idea, I mean terrible idea. Ok, now to the news of the day, O. Well, let's jump into the news of the day. In just one moment, first, let's talk about stamps, I know. Let's say you don't want to drive to the post office, wants to drive to the post office right place right post office. Do a lot of great things for you, but you have to take your packages and ship them to the post office. You wait in line for years on end and then, finally, when you get up to the front, you have to take more time working with Instead, you know what you could do if you go to stamps dot com and just do it all from home stamp

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so to understand what is happening right here. You have to understand that President Trump basically suspended aid to Ukraine in the aftermath of the election of Ukraine's newly elected leader, Vladimir Zalenski and the gradients were not formally informed of this. They started to get sort of first indications that the that the United States was holding back the eight apparently in MID August, now media touting that as an obvious example of the quid pro quo. So all of this is an outgrowth of we have to back up for a second. All of this is an outgrowth of the testimony by Ambassador Bill Taylor, who testified in front. The House Oversight Committee, the Intel Committee yesterday and in his testimony he suggested that he had worked with a bevy of trump officials and that everybody sort of understood that President Trump One did you train to announce investigations and that the aid would be withheld. If the investigations were not, take. Another question is: were those investigations motivated by an attempt to get Joe Biden or they motivated by an attempt to quote unquote, fight corruption? The answer

probably somewhere in the middle ok. So when I say somewhere in the middle, I don't even really mean like get Joe Biden fight corruption, and it really is that President Trump, you have to think of President Trump's character. Do you think the president for the last? years has been deploying Rudy Giuliani in a specific effort to suss out Joe Biden and find turn on Joe Biden and go get Joe Biden, and this was just the last step of that or was Giuliani in Ukraine, because President Trump was really ticked about all the talk about russian Interference in the twenty sixteen election here, for these wild rumors that Ukraine had Hillary server. He kept hearing that Ukraine had worked with Hillary Clinton to dig up dirt on him and Paul Manafort. That part out that happens to be true, as reported by politico and so in his head, when he heard ukrainian corruption, all of this meld into one giant ball of mush, and then He's like I'm gonna send Rudy over there to investigate. All of that, and I want you crane to go along with all of it. I want you crane to simply do what I want them to do,

I'm a withhold aid until they do that now. Is that to Trump's political benefit? Is that specifically about Trump? Or is that about a legitimate us interest in finding out what exactly happened? In Ukraine, in twenty sixteen now, if you say that it can, that is both well then you're in democrat territory because the fact is that for two one slash two years, we investigating russian Interference in the twenty sixteen election. That was in the? U we do. To find out of foreign countries, are interfering in the election. Was it to democratic political benefit, of course, is that impeachable on the part of Democrats. No, it's not well! the same thing with regard to Ukraine. In other words, if Trump has bad information, that Ukraine was interfering in the twenty sixteen election and that Ukraine was attempting to target him and that Ukraine for some reason has Hillary Clinton server and he says I want to investigate every single bit. Of that I want all of that investigated. Is that in his political interest, sure is that in the interest of the United well yes actually in in the same way, that was in the interest of the United States to investigate russian interference in the american election. So it's hard to see how you can have it both ways that the

from Russia. Investigation was totally legit, aboveboard indecent, but Trump investigating Ukrainian Interference in two thousand, and sixteen was absolutely terrible. Quid pro quo solely about Trump quote: unquote, getting his political enemies see. I think that people are sort of assuming a level of Mens Rea, an intent that just never applies to Trump. I just don't think Trump thinks this way. I don't like what is but instead from really thinks ahead and things step by step in logical fashion toward his angle, I because this What happened with President Trump ever know he's a bundle of real and so he's reacting to people telling him things he's very angry. Ukraine he's been dicked. If about Ukraine he's been told, stop by the info wars grad, so he sends over Rudy Guiliani says really. I want you to go. Investigate Rudy is whispering in his ear, there's bad stuff happening in Ukraine in terms get to the bottom of it and we're going

all day until they do right is that is that Trump getting Joe Biden or is that a quid pro quo that is real, but not illegal and four? Eight, a stupid, half stupid purpose, but not a bad purpose right? I think. That's, probably where things are so one of the points that was made by me actually and became sort of a popular talking point on the right is that during this famous July, twenty fifth phone call between Trump and someone ski from is supposedly pressuring the lenski to go, get by mentions Joe Biden a couple of times, and he is Breeze MA a couple of times and all of this, and the idea is that he's with military aid in order pressures on screen. As I pointed out at the time there were several reports suggesting that slenski in the Ukrainians had no idea at the time that military aid was actually being withheld, and so it's hard to say quid pro quo at least over military aid. Based on that phone call. Before the radians know there is a problem. Well now the media are trying to suggest that the Ukrainian. I actually didn't know that there was pressure. They didn't know that there was a quid pro quo, but they knew there was pressure.

Any new by MID August that there was that there was, military aid that was being with help okay well granted, they could know by MID August, but that July. Twenty fifth phone call is the crux of this thing and you'll notice that in the discussions of the Ukraine phone call, one name seems to sort of dropped away. That name is by, but originally the entire story. What is that this is all about getting Joe Biden, then sort of more and broaden interval trump wanted to investigate Ukraine, and that's bad well, not quite the same thing. A quid pro quo for investigating ukrainian corruption even badly informed gold by President Trump. That is not the same as get my pull domestic political opponent, Jhelum and go after him? Give me the information. That is a slightly different story now, as I've been saying this now for weeks. Rudy Giuliani is going to be the one that all comes down to. Rudy is going to show up and he's going to testify and he's going to have to explain why the

The reason why Joe Biden thing fits into a broader rubric of suppose that election interference and corruption, and if you can't do that, then Trump is going to have some troubles. If Rudy gets up there and says course we're going after Joe Biden he's our political opponent. Why? Wouldn't we go after Joe Biden? Well, then, Trump is done right, but if Rudy says anything else, then this is still too vague for anybody to to impeach in the Senate to vote for conviction. In the Senate now, with that said, Republicans are between a rock and a hard place a little bit, because Trump's team keeps going out and saying dumb stuff. I had Mick Mulvaney saying things about quid pro quo. You have Rudy going on tv and saying something ill informed, every five seconds, and so, if Europe in Congress. Your best bet at this point is to sort of hold fire. Wait to see more information come out and that's pretty much precisely what you are seeing at this point right. What you're seeing is Republicans who are instead of focusing in on the actual allegations being made by democrats they're, focusing in on the process. Anne frankly, that's that's, I think somewhat

so the media are going nuts today, because House Republicans showed up to a deposition of depends artificial in what is called the skiff, which is a protected information room, well, confidential information is being traded and Republicans showed up and they started protesting there and they're very upset because they say not for publicans are being let it now to be fair. There are republicans who are sitting in these committees Buildings are sitting in these committees that Republicans and Democrats there sitting with Adam Shift, but Republicans are claiming they're saying we have not gotten the full transcripts. We don't know everything. That's being said. Why does that matter? Well, because we are hearing wildly wildly varying reports from these committees, about what exactly is happening behind closed doors, so we see the full transcript of Bill Taylor's opening testimony about why he thought that Trump was performing. Quid pro quo with military aid. But then you have Devin Nunez Devin Nunes, who sits the committee, the representative from California, and he says the John Ratliff, who is another representative republican representative,

Red Taylor on Cross examination and that Taylor actually could not show a quid pro quo. So here is noon saying just that, but the truth is but in two minutes John Ratcliffe destroyed this witness. There's no quid pro quo. In addition, She needs to be alarming. To me, the lack of the understanding of the state Department by the bureaucracy there about how much do ukrainians were involved opposing Donald Trump as a candidate? Ok, so exactly happened behind closed doors. The answer is, we don't know, and this is what Republicans are protesting. They're saying: ok, we're here in one line from the Republicans were in one from the Democrats were getting selective leaks out of this committee. The media have jumped on roadhouse, Republicans showing up in chanting. Let us in and saying this is ridiculous. There are republicans in there. That's really not what Republicans are questioning what Republican question is. Why is all of this done being done behind closed doors? Just do it openly? You want to ask questions, put it on tv right. Let's see all of the testimony. Democrats either hesitant to do this 'cause they don't want trump attacking they don't want trump going after

this is well, it seems to me that doing this out in the open would be a lot better for the american public listen. I was open that I wanted the report released on the other side, republican saying I wanted every iota of the model report released. I wanted the public to see it. They have legit questions and those questions ought to be answered. Well, the public has legit questions about this and they deserve to see all of the answers that are being given behind closed doors and for all the talk about confidential information it's being put out there? What like? We don't know what config All information is being put out there and I've. Yet to hear Democrats even vaguely refer to what the confidential information is. It just seems like a very convenient excuse to keep everything fairly closed, and that is that is pretty absurd. So you see, Matt gets a MAC, gets the Republican from Florida very close from ally. He came out yesterday and he slammed the Democrats. You said that you know this is this? Is a shut down by Democrats? They don't all the information out there. This is like a dramatic move. It was obviously dramatic move by Republicans in order to get camera attention on all this Democrats

the media are labeling this misdirected effort. By Republicans. They don't want to talk about the topic, so instead they are wildly spinning about the closed or nature of this yeah, except that, if Democrats, comply with what Republicans wanted. There be more information, not less information in the public view, so is it a little bit overblown yeah? Is it stagecraft absolutely just going to point out here and when Democrats occupied Congress read they shut down Congress, they slept on the floor Congress about gun control. A few years back, the media couldn't get enough. Publicans show up at the skiff and a protest outside. It's all republican ploy report. Of course it's a republican ploy. Of course. This is Republicans attempting to gain attention like yes, that's what it's for, but does that mean that their basic complaint is illegitimate? Now, there's Matt gets making the complaint. I'm gathered here with dozens of my congressional colleagues underground in the basement of the capitol, because it behind those doors

they intend to overturn the results of an american presidential election. We want to know what's going on and it's only reason although that we would have questions because so far, Adam ships, impeachment inquiry has been marked by secret interviews. Selective leaks, weird, theatrical performances of and scripts that never happened and lies about contacts with the whistleblower. In case. The media are very upset about this. According to the New York Times about two dozen house, Republicans chanting, let us in let us in storm your room or a Defense department official arrived Wednesday morning to testify in the impeachment inquiry, refusing to leave until laying her testimony for hours and their obstructionist when, when Democrats occupy Congress and sleep overnight there about gun control. That's just in standing up for a position when republicans do this for a few hours outside of skiff, then all this It's the end of the world? The lawmaker Most of them do not sit on the committee is conducting the inquiry and are therefore not entitled to attended hearings said they were protesting. The closed or nature of the preceding

what you been open to members of both parties on the committee. That's the key on the committees and when it comes to the leaks, leaks have been incredibly selective. Adam Schiff has been very leaky. Adam Schiff is not somebody. You trusted to run this investigation running this in public view, makes a fair bit of sense. App that people are sort of protest like if you are in the media. When you want more information in the public view, why are you very upset publicans for calling for more information in the public view, publicans, are hammering democrats according to the New York Times for limiting attendance at the hearings to members of the intelligence, judiciary and foreign affairs committees, it is common practice for sensitive congressional investigations conducted in closed hearings, at least in the preliminary stages house. Republicans did just that when they control the chamber and open an inquiry into the twenty twelve attack on the US embassy in Benghazi, Libya yeah the difference was they hadn't announced it was an impeachment inquiry had they. They haven't come out and said this in even inquiry. They said they were looking into the issue. If you want to

You're a luminary work without announcing an impeachment inquiry. Nancy Pelosi Republicans wouldn't have a lot to complain about, but you announce this is now an impeachment inquiry, which means that it should be done out in the open Democrats said they plan to hold open hearings after the committees finished opposing witnesses. They intend to make public complete transcripts of witness. Testimony after they've been reviewed for classified material, so we will see, if that's true, if that's true, then these complaints are basically a bunch of nonsense. If it is not true, then Democrats are holding this stuff back for purposes of selective leaking. Democrats are looking to take the impeachment public, apparently as soon as MID November, according to the Washington Post, they over the past three weeks, afraid of current and former Trump Administration officials have testified behind closed doors, providing house investigators with a compelling narrative of President Trump's campaign to extract political favors from ukrainian officials.

But some Democrats are feeling pressure to advance public hearings in the hopes of avoiding further disruptions, which of course, is exactly what they should do. Republicans were very passionate about all of this. Some of this is performative for president Trump. Some of this is performed it for the camera. Steve Scalese, the representative from Louisiana, said sort of the same thing. He said this sort of stuff I'm in place in the Soviet Union cats over the top. It just is, but we'll see we now look at Democrats continue not to release any information that maybe is not over the top here Steve Scalise. What is Adam Schiff trying to hide? I think that's a question, so many people have so many of my colleagues have so many people in the press should have is through those hidden, closed doors. Over there, Adam Schiff is trying to impeach a president of the United States behind closed doors, literally trying to overturn the results of the twenty sixteen election a year before Americans get to go to the polls to decide who's going to be the president and frankly it should be the people of this country who decide who's going.

Be the president, not Nancy Pelosi and not Adam shift in secret behind closed doors. He said. Democrats are certainly feeling the pressure to go ahead, an open the doors which is a good thing. And that there is an amazing amazing story from the New York Times today about President Trump. It's called Trump's war on the deep state turns against him. I see the impeachment inquiries in some ways the culmination of a battle between the president and the government institutions, he distrusted and disparage he's the president of the United States. It is not the job of the institutions. He oversees to undermine his presidency and that's not the way this is supposed to work from will complain. The deep state. I was always on this on the under the impression that that was over right, but it's hard to say it's over right when the New York Times out there bragging about the so called deep stay going after Trump. That's not something that you want on the executive branch, you can see why President Trump is very upset about all of this. Now two things can be true at once. It can be true that there

open questions as to what happened in this whole ukrainian investigation. It can also be true that the Democrats are partisan hacks, in the only reason they care about this is they want for about. It can also be true that the deep state stuff now appears to be a lot more real than it did just a few weeks ago. So all these things can simultaneously be true all the way through one thing that is not helpful. Obviously, is the president of the United States excoriating again who disagree with his quote. Unquote: human scum, like if you're looking for supporters, this is probably not the way to do. This he's resume, Bill Taylor, who is a who was a Trump appointee right with the trumpet who wanted Bill Taylor involved in Ukraine. Trump says he. He's never met him yeah, but you asked him to be there dude, like you, like, if you run your administration or you, don't trump tweet it out the never trump publicans and no on respirators. That not many left are in is worse and more dangerous for our country, then the do nothing Democrats watch out for them. They are scum I mean,

I want to reserve that language for ISIS like we're going to humans, come Bill Taylor, the ambassador that you picked for Ukraine. Probably it's a little bit much he said he said, never Trump Republican John Ballenger represents never Trumper diplomat Bill Taylor, who I don't know in testimony before Congress. Do nothing Democrats allow our I'll go representation zero due process, zero transparency. Does anyone think this is fair, even though there was no quick Well, I'm sure they would like to try worse than 10s. It would be really great if the, within the Trump administration, all well meaning and good. I hope, could stop hiring, never troopers well in the do nothing Democrats, nothing good will ever come from then. So President Trump is attributing all of this device. Now does the bias against Trump exist? Of course, are there people in the so called deep state who despise from? Of course that's true. Do we know exactly what, hum did with Ukraine. No are there legit questions to be asked about? Rudy Giuliani sure are Democrats, partisan, hacks shore, so if you can make sense out of that

better person than I am all of these. All of this is sort of of the knee asthma of gross, and it's it's it's sort of mutual poo flinging at this point, Democrats, suggesting trump, is obviously corrupt, not totally obvious, but there are questions from suggesting that Democrats are obviously partisan. That's obviously true republican suggesting Democrats are doing all this behind closed doors. That is also true right. Now, it's it's all a bit of a mess and buy a bit of a mess. I mean a very, very large scale. Yes, no. Meanwhile, the democratic side of the aisle is a similar mass, the democratic side of the aisle someone as we'll get to that in just one. Second, first, we must talk about your legal business, okay You start a business, it's really challenging and one of the lead costs that you have when you form your business is ray, has been a lot of money on lawyers or, alternatively, you can just go check out Legalzoom over the eighteen years? Legalzoom is held more than two million business owners get started. Every entrepreneurs know it knows that getting started is just the beginning of your

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and so what you are starting to see. There's a pole with CNN poll that showed shockingly that Joe Biden is now popping back up in the polling. Why? Because it turns out, It is people get a second look at Elizabeth Warren they're, not really loving what they see CNN reports. That Biden now has the support of thirty four percent of democratic and democratic leaning registered voters that his best, showing in CNN polling since, just after his campaigns, formal launch April 25th, so look like Elizabeth Warren was popping up into the lead and now courting that CNN poll and several other polls Biden actually seems to be regaining the lead in widening it. Why? Because you just default Democrat right, he's a dead guys running as a Democrat he's, not even a cent in creature. At this point, Joe by he sort of wandering around bloviating, and nobody knows what he thinks, because he doesn't know what he thinks,

drinking cans of ensure and just saying words that don't exist in English, and people like that guy, not Elizabeth Warren, that Guy Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts in Bernie Sanders Vermont according to CNN, are about even for a second nineteen percent and sixteen percent behind them may repeat: booty, judge and Senator Kamala Harris of California. Each have six percent support, Amy, Kloberg, Char and Beto, stuck at three percent each what's happening well. Bidens rise according to CNN, is coming from a consolidation of support among his core backers, who are taking a look at other candidates and then returning to him that polling data was collected from October 17th to 20th during the Hunter Biden NEWS Cycle, so people are still seeing him as default Democrat, which is very good news for him again. The reason for that the democratic field is

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And one of the reasons you looking better is because Liz before is looking worse. Like the more you see ABLE Elizabeth Warren, you, the less you like her as a candidate, I take, for example, this Elizabeth Warren she's Hillary, two or maybe she's. Hillary point five. I don't know remember that famous tape of Hillary Clinton in in. City, Iowa, wasn't or or Or I'd North Dakota, I can't member she you somewhere in the Midwest and she sitting Cedar Rapids, that's what was- and she says here, I outside Cedar, Rapids chilling in cedar rapids with like. I would like a brew and everybody's like this is the most fake ridiculous thing. Ever well. It was until now wait until you see Elizabeth Warren Talk of Waffle House. This mark, see yoga studio, anally donated just after the climate town teacher Springfield MA got fully my gosh melody works at my favorite place, waffle house, if you think, Elizabeth Warren's favorite Places Waffle house, your high,

I have a really need. That is if you truly believe that Elizabeth she's, a woman of the people every day she goes, on over waffle houses in this chicken and waffles and really enjoys herself, and she she's a member of the of the waffle eating. How there's a lady who suggested that you won't even drink coffee right. Her favorite drink was like hi Oct in T, because that's to Elizabeth Warren is yeah. I'm sure that she's headed over to the Waffle house immediately upon the cessation of her of her latest rallies going to head on over to the wall and then you look at the other alternates got Cory. Booker mister, potato head angry eyes talking about

is the alternative dividing well people looking at him as the alternative to Biden he's at two percent in the polls. So no that's not a thing. So those Democrats who are looking for an alternative now I want to make the case today very directly that look no further. I can an have excited a diverse coalition of voters. I can and have United Progressives and moderates. We need to keep the long view in mind, not just winning a primary but beating Trump understanding that this is a moral moment seat by excited a diverse coalition of voters. What he means. I have five friends and they're all different ethnicities and that's what he means he a multiracial, very small room, full of supporters, which is exciting excited, diverse coalition. I love that it's it's a pretty spectacular, euphemism

the these campaigns are not connecting with the heart of America right now. Now with this is this is why president from really needs to cut out the shenanigans, because the fact is that so long as your main top of the headlines Democrats are going to benefit mean, the polls right now on impeachment are not good for President Trump, but this democratic field is extremely weak, plus Hillary Clinton is waiting in the wings Philippe Reines, who was her chief of staff for many many years on Fox NEWS last night, He actually said that Hillary is explicitly leaving the door open to jumping back into the race and if your hill I've been saying now for a week. You gotta think to yourself like why? Not you think that I, like Joe Biden, guys like not not Hillary, not this Hillary country. Need and then she's got tulsi gabbard. Right else is going at it with Hillary Tulsi slammed, again she put out new the saying that her foreign policy disaster step down from your throne and fight with me, hey it's funny. How, when I said that that AOC should have a discussion, slash debate with me that sex

when healthy Gabbard says that Hillary should step down off your throne, and it would tell see that's just her being a hard does politician. Here's is tulsi going after Hillary Clinton Clinton. Your foreign policy has been a disaster for our country and the world. It's resulted in the that's an injuries of. So many of my brothers and sisters in uniform, devastated entire trees. Millions of lives lost it's time for you to acknowledge the damage that you've caused, and it is long, past time for you to step down from your throne, so that the Democratic Party, can lead with a new foreign policy which will actually be, the interest of and benefit to the american people and the world and you tell me why the Democrats are so impeachment focused right now, by the way. How bad is Elizabeth Warren Campaign, and how hard the media pushing her. There is an opinion piece in the New York Times today by a woman named Alissa Quart, the author of thoughts and

it's called Elizabeth Warren has a poet on her team. Here's why that's a good idea and the fire thing is about white? You need more poets in politics says I don't even know how pronounce this name, so I'm just going to butcher it come on hate. Felix became the bathroom surrogates and strategic communications for Senator Elizabeth Warren's presidential campaign in June. She is also the author. Build yourself, a boat, a debut collection of poetry that was Reese Lee included on the long list for the National Book award. Miss Felix is writings, describe sexual assault first hand, the of abortion and police violence, including poems about the trial George Zimmerman, the man who shot Trayvon Martin, should we be surprised about a link between the highest levels of political world and our most acclaimed poetry. I don't think so, and I think we should get ready for more of it. 'cause it's coming and we need it desperately. President trump and his cronies alter our language for the worst renaming white nationalist, the alt right in calling journalism fake news. So we need more poets, more poets and good luck. This is back Michigan right here,

does Michigan Auto workers by going and getting the lady who is on the short list for the National Book Award for writing poems about her first hand. Experience of abortion perfect well done Elizabeth Warren campaign. I can't imagine why everybody is so focused on get rid of trump now 'cause. If we don't, we have serious troubles and meanwhile the Democrats on Capitol Hill, I have to say it's always amusing to watch, members of Congress question members of big tech, the reason is members of Congress. Don't know what a computer is there still using. Abacus is Abaci and they are using They are using like one thousand nine hundred and eighty four max, because they don't know what the internet is. They don't know what the internet is for, and so this is what the third time the mark Zuckerberg has testified on the hill, any kind of feel bad for the guy? I honestly because when you see the questions he's being asked to do so obvious, the Democrats desperately want to take control of the creation that the doctor Burke created and use it to control political rhetoric. Eight, my friends Crowder came out with information, suggesting that Youtube was actually d promoting

results was demoting results from Tulsi Gabbert in Moma a great imports, the Tulsi gabbard campaign. If big tech is doing that. I'm sure they're doing that. The Democrats who would like to this thing from about because when you hear Democrats, question Zuckerberg what they want to do with the first amendment, what they want to do with free speech and what they want to do with big tech is truly Nick. This is why, when I hear Republicans now, I got the government should take control of big tech like understand Elizabeth Warren in are going to be running that thing and then going to go well. Take this example. So AOC is just she's been a horror show in these. In these questioning sessions, she used to be because she had a guy named contractor Chakrabarti. Who is allegedly writing all of her questions he's gone so now. She's. Writing our own questions and that's like letting actors on set write their own lines, which is just a huge huge mistake here. Aoc question mark Zuckerberg, asking why margin I even do business with the daily caller, which of course is a conservative publication. She says the daily.

Has ties to white white supremacist. Why would you even allow daily caller on your platform? Basically, can you explain why you name the daily caller, a publication white well documented, with ties to white supremacist as an official fact checker for Facebook congressman sure we actually don't appoint the independent fact checkers they go through an independent organization called the independent fact checking that works. That has a rigorous standard for who they allow it to to service a fact checker. So you would say that white supremacist at publications meet a rigorous standard for fact checking numbers like what are you is that English was that last question: English It is true by the way they have a an actual process by which they deem somebody a fact checker on Facebook and as for the ties to white, but I soon that she's referring a couple of low level writers for the daily caller, who ended up being fired after old Facebook post came out from like ten years,

go or five years ago, whenever it was the daily color does not have documented ties to white supremacist groups. It's insane! It's insane! It's like saying that that James Hodgkinson, who is the Mass shooter of Republican Congress was a member the Bernie campaign in there for burning has ties to mass shootings, like that's just bizarre and crazy, but this is Democrats want control of the methods of of dissemination of information, they made that perfectly clear to Zuckerberg like what do they understand what Facebook is for. So they they were attacking, is all covered over Facebook and they were attacking soccer bird over the creation of Libra, which is basically a a bit coin, thing right and big, in my opinion, is generally a good. I like the idea of people being able to barter and exchange using a currency that is not under the control of a centralized government. I don't like the idea

the United States government can simply devalue their currency whenever they please, it's bizarre to me. So all these Congress people were attacking Libra and they were attacking Facebook, but doing so in, like the weirdest possible way in the most bizarre possible way so take. For example, do we have this clip of Maxine waters talking about misinformation, o Maxine Maxine Waters, tions Zuckerberg, and she asked specifically about whether Zuckerberg was putting out misinformation. Aoc did the same thing I well. Are you willing to put out campaign ads that have vert lies in them and Zuckerberg's is like well, not if they're suppressing, votes right. I mean that has an actual impact, but it's not our job to evaluate for our readers, true and false. Coming from prominent politicians, that's their job like more

mission is better and acting waters can't handle it because Maxine Waters is not a logical human being facebook itself actually does not check, does not fact check what we do is we have feedback that the people in our community don't want to see viral hoaxes or or or kind of white? Let me be clear, you do know, for fact checking on any ads. Is that correct? Chairman of what we do? Is we work with a set of independent fact checkers, who somebody that checks on ads? You have you contract with someone to do that. Is that right? Chairman, yes, and tell me, who is it that they fact checked on I mean she she's just saying nonsensical questions she's, conflating everything right. The policy of Facebook is that when politicians put out as they do not fact check the ads for taking down because they feel the fact checkers are then going to fact check those ads when it comes to people put

out your direct attacks on on people that are not politicians right when it comes to political speech. In other words, Facebook takes a pretty broad view when it comes to supposedly when it comes to, you know an advert, Kaiser. Who is advertising a product in their slandering somebody? Then Facebook won't put that up. That seems fairly clear, but these people don't understand even like the basics of how Facebook works. Why? Because they just decided that big tech is the bad guy unless they can control big tech like listen to what they actually want to hear. Some of those were the more intelligent questions believe it or not. You ready for this one here, Al Green Representative, Al Green. He's from New York asking how many l g b t people work on the bit coin, Libra like what? What what is it? That's like saying how many gay people work at the United States Mint, like what does that have to do with anything. Like would make the US dollar less legitimate if there are fewer than three percent of the

work on. U dollar. I gave you like what what here's green being at being a complete moron. One would assume that you would know who heads these corporations that, are going to be running this global company. How many of them are minorities? Mrs October congressman I I do not know off the top Are there any members of the Lgbtq plus community with this association of Sucker Burg, what hold up hold up algorithm so how many transgender people are working on Libra? like you're, getting called in front of Congress. I feel like This may have overstepped his boundaries job just a little bit and down was in. I don't trust October again on for

Anybody who will listen and trust anybody on trust. Anybody in big text. It keeps their promises, but Zuckerberg is at least articulated a standard. You think I trust green, who is questioning whether Libra should be able to go forward based on how many people who either a member of the opposite sex are working on the tech for Libra like what in its insanity, you want those people in charge of the country you want Elizabeth Warren in charge of the country you want. You want those folks, I don't. I don't okay time for some quick things that I hate. There is a pull out about jewish Americans apparently nearly one slash, three of jewish Americans have hidden their religious identity or avoided carrying items that would identify oneself is jewish in public due to threats of Anti Semitism. According to a poll released by the American Jewish Committee, apparently thirty, one percent of respondents said they had avoided publicly wearing at carrying or displaying things that might help people identify them as a Jew mean

in outlook. I I wear a keypad everywhere yeah I in the United States, I feel very, very safe. Did you? There are certain areas where, if I'm walking around, I'm probably gonna wear a baseball cap, because I feel like they're, less safe for Jews, that that is not any great shock, and that is why, among other reasons, Jerusalem, we are broadcasting from matters, and the fact is that Anti Semitism is a deep part of world but the fact is that Jew hatred tends to crop up incredibly regularly. We are not yet two generations move from the Holocaust. The fact is, the anti Semitism crops, up everywhere from Williamsburg New York to the halls of white White in in Washington State like that. This is a real thing and that's why a state of Israel that defends Jews, that that is a place where Jews can go. If things get rough is a very very,

important thanks. I will also point out that I am, I am quite amused by him, or was it an overt anti semite I mean I'll. Have them are hates Jews? She hates the state of Israel but you're, not quite the same thing, but tend to be heavily related, not everybody who is Anti Israel and Anti semitic, but everybody who's, Anti semitic, Anti Israel. I get me no tie somebody who's really really pro Israel. Just is not a thing that exists in in case Ilhan Omar had a piece today called sanctions are part of a failed foreign policy. Playbook stop relying on them and she made the case that the United States should not put sanctions on Turkey. Even though Turkey ran roughshod over the Kurds, the United States should not involve south in sanctions she says, and so much of our foreign policy, we're land muscle memory and limited toolbox to decide the best course of action. Too often, sanctions regimes are ill considered in coherence and counter productive. Except for the Jews. Reading. A lot of our is totally fine with everybody on earth, including states boycotting the jewish state. The only Democ I see in the Middle EAST, but if you're going to, if you suggest that you're going to bed comic sanctions on islamic dictatorship in Turkey that just bombed

daylights out of the cards. That number is very much against. That is there if she also says we should not have sanctions on Venezuela where people have been relegated to eating their household pets because everybody is starving in Venezuela. Thanks to socialism, she says that we should not put sanctions on wailer, where run she says we should not have sanctions on IRAN either. She says that sanctions have only strengthen the iranian regime's credibility at home and united human rights activists in the IRAN leadership in opposition to the strategy, if you're human rights activists and you're very a pro in their fight against the sanctions, you're, not very much of the human rights activist, but so just to get this right. No sanctions on them as well. No sanctions on IRAN, no sanctions on Turkey, investment boycott and sanctions against Israel right. The last letter of Bds is sanctions Do you want sanctions on the Jews, but nobody else, but don't worry guys. Anti Semitism is really dead. There's no reason for the state of Israel to exist. You don't need any place to live because they're well accepted everywhere. Obviously I mean anti look. L had a mark is just a sanctions

She doesn't like sanctions for anybody, except people who wear funny. Hats have names ending in like bound and Stannis just that's not because she hates those people. Is it because those people happen to be really greedy and money, grubbing and because they're so I mean to people of other religions, I mean, let's be straight about this right. There hypnotising the world, but as Semitism is totally dead, which is why Israel should give up sovereignty over Jerusalem and, basically, just you know, move off into the history. Israel is no longer necessary, said the anti semite to also hate Jews. Perfect. Thank you. Thank you, hi! I'm. I really appreciate it. Okay, you know what we've done. I know things that I have today, but you don't want one more one, more quick thing that I hate so the media. The President Trump's lawyer, is defending President Trump today, because he because President Trump is trying to defend himself against attempts to go after his tax returns. Well attorneys, for President Trump said that President Trump shot. Someone in the middle of Fifth Ave New York authorities could not punish him while he's in office. That's what the president's lawyers argued and this

treat it as a grand revelation. How could how could you possibly say that if Trump murdered someone on Fifth Ave, he couldn't be prosecuted, literally. Everybody believes this ok. This is well established, well established jurisprudence in the United States. The president of the United States is not subject to state criminal sanctions, while he is in office, if Trump or to shoot somebody on Fifth ave. He would have to be impeached. Why? Because what you don't want is fifty state attorney generals prosecuting the President of the United States, while he is an office which is exactly what would happen, but this is being treated as a great revelation by the media, because the media really have a dog in this particular fight. Ok will be back here tomorrow from the less beautiful location. Otherwise you can join us a little bit later. Today,

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